From favorite cities and sources to online shopping and overall approach, today's top designers reveal their secrets for finding the best of everything

I've shopped for 20 years in London. I go to__Charles Edwards__,Denton Antiques,Anthony James and Soane, Jamb and Christopher Howe. I work with__AirSea Packing__ to ship everything to New York City.

STEPHEN KNOLLENBERG

I lived in London years ago. Conran in Chelsea is a fun spot—the British version is even more cool and quirky than the American shop. And Liberty of London has a wonderful collection of antique and vintage furniture and lighting on the third floor of the shop on Regent Street.

JUAN PABLO MOLYNEUX

The antiques dealers in London are disappearing. Though it's perhaps more predictable than Paris, which is more flamboyant, what London has is a level of refinement. I go shopping at Connolly. It's a wonderful shop, like Hermes gone British. I stay at__The Lansborough__, another home away from home, and I go to__Harry's Bar__ for lunch and dinner. And even at my age, I love to go to Annabel's. I say go for the dark chocolate ice cream, but, really, I dance til I drop dead!

CHARLES ALLEM

The Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles is a great destination. I like to walk when I'm shopping, and after I go into the showrooms, I walk in the La Cienega neighborhood. I stop in to see what's new at Modern One—exquisite vintage—and Twentieth. And I stay at__L'Hermitage__ in Beverly Hills. It's like a little apartment—clean, contemporary and low key. And my car is always waiting.

KARIN BLAKE

I've cultivated plenty of sources for special pieces in the Los Angeles area. Favorites include Urban Country,East Meets West,Obsolete and Richard Mulligan. I head to the__Pacific Design Center__ primarily for fabrics. And I go to Paul Ferrante for any kind of light.

MARTYN LAWRENCE-BULLARD

Los Angeles is an amazing resource—we have some great shops here. Favorites include J. F. Chen Antiques,Downtown for 20th-century pieces and Richard Shapiro. In__New York__ head to Todd Merrill for midcentury pieces and to Wyeth and John Derian for accessories.

ELISSA CULLMAN

I divide New York into four main areas for shopping: East 60th Street, between Second and Third avenues, which includes the Interior Design Building; Broadway, at 10th, 11th and 12th streets; Tribeca (I like Jonathan Burden); and the Upper East Side for Florian Papp and Mallett.

ALEXA HAMPTON

I prefer shopping in New York's neighborhoods. It's the experience of it. I like 60th and 61st streets and 10th, 11th and 12th streets, but I also go to the Interior Design Building. I go to__R. Louis Bofferding__ and Guido De Angelis. And I recently bought souvenirs of the Grand Tour for a client at__Niall Smith__.

LAURA HUNT

I love shopping in New York, from__Alan Moss__,DeLorenzo 1950,H. M. Luther and Hyde Park downtown to Guy Regal and Evergreen Antiques uptown. And Virginia Di Sciascio has fabulous antique textiles, embroideries and cottons. Karl Kemp, who's uptown and downtown, wrote the book on Biedermeier. Then there are people like__Cristina Grajales__—her shop on Greene Street is small, but she has the most amazing rugs from South America. And I always stop at Potterton Books in the D&D Building: I haven't repeated a look yet, and it's a great resource when I'm pushed to areas I don't know about. I learn so much from books. I stay at the__Plaza Athénée__ or at the Pierre, but I reserve the room on__Orbitz__!

JOANNE DE GUARDIOLA

When in Paris, I shop at__Frémontier__ on the Left Bank. They have wonderful, strong antiques from all over Europe. I got a pair of carved eagles there that are in my garden in Southampton. Perrin Antiquaires has more conservative pieces but is still nice. In London I go to Guinevere for eclectic furniture and Mallett for fabulous English antiques.

JUAN MONTOYA

Twice a year I go to Paris. I'll relax for one or two days at my apartment and then fly to Prague, Budapest and Stockholm for buying trips. But Paris is a great source. I'll spend two or three days visiting the galleries, like__Frémontier Antiquaires__ and Galerie Camoin-Demachy as well as antiques shops on the rue de Lille, such as Rooms and Jean-François Dubois. There are wonderful restaurants, like__Macéo__,Le Voltaire and Casa Bini. I get my morning croissants and brioche from__Ladurée__ in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

CRAIG WRIGHT

I love to shop in Paris. I look for fabrics, bronze lamps, tables, lighting, even lightbulbs. I also shop for trims, bedding, china, silver and crystal. I can do more in a week in France than I can in three months in Los Angeles! The Marché Serpette at the Marché aux Puces is one of my favorites. Also the auction house Tajan. Paris is the last great city for antiques. I like__Modernism__, for Art Déco pieces, Makassar and Galerie J. Kugel, among others.Kraemer is good if you want serious fine French furniture.

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